The messier side of live in Vancouver and more in B.C. film series
A scene from Mina Shum’s Double Happiness.
Looking for a way to spend a Monday night in Vancouver? The series The Image Before Us: A History of Film in British Columbia continues with screenings at Cinematheque (1131 Howe in downtown Vancouver) on March 30, April 13 and April 20.
The films include a look at the messier side of life in Vancouver, a documentary about the worst terrorist incident in Canadian history and one of the most talked-about Canadian films of the 1990s.
The films include:
Dirty (1998) and Betty and Vera Go Lawn Bowling (1990) – A double feature from Bruce Sweeney. Dirty is the local filmmaker’s dark-humored second feature and is described as having an “evocative sense of place and a provocative feel for the messier side of life in Vancouver.” It’s preceded by Sweeney’s first film, Betty and Vera Go Lawn Bowling. Sweeney will be in attendance. (7 p.m., March 23)
A scene from Bruce Sweeney’s Dirty.
How a People Live (2013) + T’Lina: The Rendering of Wealth (1999) – In her documentary How a People Live, Anishinaabe director Lisa Jackson uses interviews, archival footage, 100-year-old photos, and a visit to ancestral homeland to investigate the displacement of the Gwa’sala and ‘Nakwaxda’xw First Nations people. Barb Cranmer’s T’Lina: The Rendering of Wealth looks at the uncertain future of t’lina, an oil extracted from small fish, traded among the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest for centuries. Cranmer will be in attendance. (7 p.m., March 30)
Air India 182 (2008) + You Fig (2014) + Tam (2012) – In 1985, a flight from Montreal to London was downed by a bomb, killing all 329 passengers, most of whom were Canadian. Sturla Gunnarsson’s documentary looks at what is considered the worst incident of terrorism in Canadian history. Air India 182 cinematographers Tony Westman and Kirk Tougas will be in attendance for a post-film panel discussion concerning collaboration, cinematography, and documentary and drama. It’s preceded by the shorts You Fig and Tam. (7 p.m., April 13)
Double Happiness (1994) + Me, Mom and Mona (1993) – Vancouver filmmaker Mina Shum’s semi-autobiographical debut feature Double Happiness stars Sandra Oh, who would go on to fame in series such as Grey’s Anatomy and the movie Sideways. The movie was one of the most talked-about Canadian films of the 1990s. It’s preceded by Shum’s short film, Me, Mom and Mona. Director Mina Shum will be in attendance. (7 p.m., April 20)
Article source: http://www.insidevancouver.ca/2015/03/21/a-history-of-film-in-b-c-cinematheque/
